Sac Bee: Man rescued after 5 days stranded on Delta island

Interesting story.

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/22/3205116/man-rescued-after-being-stranded.html#mi_rss=Latest%20News

5 days and he had a working cell???????????????????????????????????????????????????

Geez....Unbelievable....this guy makes Gilligan look like the Professor.

Geez....Unbelievable....this guy makes Gilligan look like the Professor.

makes a good case for having either a SPOT or EPRB on ya.

mods sticky this one for when someone asks about fishing in an inflatable.

Darwin award!

makes a good case for having either a SPOT or EPRB on ya.

If he can't figure out 911 I doubt if those woulda helped.

It gets better . . . http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/22/BA8N1GFV82.DTL

"....I didn't want to spend the taxpayers' money to have the Coast Guard come rescue some stupid guy."

I know its not nice to laugh at others misfortune but.......

It gets better . . . http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/22/BA8N1GFV82.DTL

"....I didn't want to spend the taxpayers' money to have the Coast Guard come rescue some stupid guy."

What a fruit cake

"Hopper, nicknamed Goat Man for his ability to scale mountainsides, said he started out Wednesday morning on the Sacramento River, where he loaded a $300 inflatable raft with camping supplies, two burritos, a bag of vitamins, a Bible and a mannequin of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/22/BA8N1GFV82.DTL#ixzz167YYzZsv

how did his cell phone stay charged for 5 days?

what a ....well, nutjob I guess is the right word.

Wow....dude brought a red table cloth but no patch kit.  Had duct tape but tried to repair his raft with chunks of styrofoam. I guess you can't expect much from an artist from L.A.......kook.

Free camp spot.  It's that striper central?  Hookup!